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True Friends (song)

"True Friends"
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Single by Bring Me the Horizon
from the album That's the Spirit
Released 20 November 2015 (2015-11-20)
Format 7" vinyl
Genre
Length 3:52
Label
Writer(s)
  • Oliver Sykes
  • Jordan Fish
  • Lee Malia
  • Matt Kean
  • Matt Nicholls
Producer(s)
  • Jordan Fish
  • Oliver Sykes
Bring Me the Horizon singles chronology
"Throne"
(2015)
"True Friends"
(2015)
"Follow You"
(2016)
Music video
"True Friends" on YouTube
That's the Spirit track listing
"Throne"
(3)
"True Friends"
(4)
"Follow You"
(5)

"True Friends" is a song by British rock band Bring Me the Horizon. Produced by keyboardist Jordan Fish and vocalist Oliver Sykes, it was featured on the band's 2015 fifth studio album That's the Spirit. The song was also released as the fourth single from the album on 20 November 2015, reaching number 91 on the UK Singles Chart and topping the UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart.

"True Friends" is a song about disloyalty. Speaking to TeamRock, vocalist Oliver Sykes has explained that the hook "True Friends stab you in the front" is based on a quote credited to Irish playwright Oscar Wilde. The song is "not about anyone in particular", although Sykes has revealed that "It's about some people more than it is others, but it's all about one event in particular that spurred it on. It's about people that I thought were my friends, my very good friends, doing something to me that I just didn't see coming in a way I never thought they would."

In a track-by-track commentary of That's the Spirit for Spotify, the frontman added that "True Friends" is about "coming to peace with [anger] ... [and] letting those people know that I can forget but never forgive". In his review of That's the Spirit, David Renshaw for the NME claimed that on "True Friends", Sykes "maintains a sense of paranoia and emotional vulnerability amid the cavernous sounds". The song has been categorised as emo.

"True Friends" was first released on 24 August 2015 in the form of a lyric video on the band's official YouTube channel, after being teased by the band for a number of days. It was reportedly due to be premiered on Zane Lowe's Beats 1 radio show on Apple Music, but this was cancelled. On 20 November, the song was released as a single in the form of a limited edition 7" vinyl.


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